Where Have You Gone, Oh Wandering Soul?

I can't believe it's been nearly two months since my last real post. As I hinted to sometime at the end of October, time has been flying by, and honestly I haven't been able to get a grasp on it. I'm busy, happy, nervous, excited, frustrated, growing, anything but blogging. And I've been away far too long for excuses. All the while, I've forgotten how much I enjoy writing. Whether I'm actually any good at it or not is a different story.

All through this absence, the biggest issue is when I have time to sit down and type out a long overly thought-out account of my life or, even worse, my mind. But that's failed me time and time again, so here I am, 15 minutes before I have to leave for work, doing something productive...now that's a novel idea.

Obviously, I'm going to have to keep things short today, but a few updates. One, I didn't go to that jazz festival, after all. I screwed up and didn't get tickets in advance. Two, the G20 came and went relatively quietly. No tear gas in the subways and nuclear welcoming parties for the leaders of many of the world's leading countries, not that I expected any of that anyway. Three, one of my closest friends left Korea a month or two ago, which was a big adjustment. But that's the way life here goes. And four, my college friend from Capital, Ian, moved to Korea two weeks ago. I met up with him once and helped to show him around a bit, but it's hard because he still has no phone, no Internet, and lives an hour outside of Seoul. Once he gets totally settled, I'll be really glad to have him around. And it's interesting to watch him explore and discover new things, exactly where I was two years ago. But for me, it seems like a lifetime ago, a very, very good lifetime ago.

Three more months on my contract. It's time to get serious.

That's all for now. Here's my pledge. Don't take it as a promise because this is just the first post, and who knows if I'll keep this up or not. But here it is, regular morning updates. I waste a lot of time in the mornings, so no more hovering around the same old websites until it's time for work. There's only so many times that you can check facebook and the sports sites, when you know that it's the middle of the night back home, and nothing worth updates is happening, anyway. So I'm going to try (keyword is try) to write at least once or twice a week before work. That's a lot to expect considering my recent record, but I think I can manage it.

On that note, it's time to share my English.

다음에까지 (Until next time)

-스티브